Pragmatic Play · 2020
Big Bass Bonanza is a 5x3 video slot from Pragmatic Play with ten paylines, high volatility and a fishing theme. This page covers how it plays.
The demo is free. The real game needs an account and the 18+ age limit.
Decide whether a fishing game on a 5x3 grid suits you. Big Bass Bonanza mixes fishing and ocean themes. Wins are read along ten paylines from left to right, starting on the leftmost reel. Two matching symbols on one payline are enough to pay. The base game uses standard pay symbols only: Lure, Rod and Reel, Dragonfly, Tackle Box, Fish, and the card ranks A, K, Q, J and 10.
Read the bonus rules before you count on them. Three, four or five Scatter symbols start the free spins. In that mode Fisherman Wild lands on every reel and collects the values of Money symbols. Every fourth Wild collected adds ten free spins. The first, second and third retriggers lift the Money multiplier to x2, x3 and x10. Retriggers stop after three.
Know the return
Read it before the first spin, when you set your bet and check the top win.
| What it means | Shown as |
|---|---|
| Provider | Pragmatic Play |
| Return to player | 96.71% |
| Volatility | High |
| Grid size | 5x3 |
| Maximum win multiple | x2,100 |
| Maximum win in money | A$525,000 |
| Release date | 14/12/2020 |
Before you bet, check the return to player. It is the share of each A$100 staked the game returns over time, not a promise for one session. The version Ignition runs appears in the game rules.
| Payback setting | RTP | Factory standard |
|---|---|---|
| Edition 1 | 96.71% | Included |
Big Bass Bonanza screens
Check these screens when you want to see what a win or bonus looks like.
Five steps in order
Check this before your first spin, when you want to see how a round runs.
Choose a bet from A$0.10 up to A$250 before the first spin. The paytable on this page uses A$0.20 as its base, so every prize scales with the stake you pick.
Each of the 10 paylines reads left to right, starting from the leftmost reel. Two matching symbols in a row can already pay.
Spin the base game and watch for Scatter symbols, since three or more start free spins. The Fisherman Wild stays out of base game, so only standard pay symbols form wins.
Land three, four or five Scatter symbols to start 10, 15 or 20 free spins. Special reels then run, and Fisherman Wild appears on all reels.
Set a loss limit before the first spin, and stop when you reach it. Call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858 if play stops feeling optional.
Two rounds below
After this you will know how each round starts, what it adds, and how its retriggers work.
Land three, four or five SCATTER symbols for 10, 15 or 20 Free Spins. Fisherman Wild appears on all reels, collecting MONEY values on landing. Every fourth Wild collected adds 10 Free Spins and steps the MONEY multiplier up to x2, x3 and x10, max 3 retriggers. Max win 2100x.
Base game spinsFree Spins, MONEY multipliers
Place a bet and the base game runs on a 5x3 grid with 10 paylines, counted left to right from the leftmost reel. Only standard pay symbols appear here, and Fisherman Wild does not appear in the base game.
Bet placedWins on paylines
Accept before the first spin that nobody can know how often the bonus round comes in Big Bass Bonanza. Every spin is random, so a long dry run says nothing about the next spin. The result of one session is random too, whatever the RTP. Set your loss limit before you start, because a session can end below its starting balance.
Check the game rules before you bet, because the RTP version Ignition Casino runs is shown only there. Read them before your first spin, not after the session has started. Then compare the RTP figures with the version you are actually playing.
Decide now how you will judge a session that ends far below the top prize. The maximum win of x2,100 the bet is a ceiling that a session may never reach. No spin shows in advance whether it will. Read the figure as the outer edge of what the game can pay, and nothing more.
Big Bass Bonanza questions
Ignition Casino gives the answer first and the reasoning after, with the game's own figures.
Choosing your bet sets the money you can win. The maximum win is 2,100 times the stake: A$21,000 at A$10, or A$525,000 at the A$250 maximum bet. This is a ceiling, not a payout you can expect.
Choosing a high volatility game means accepting bigger swings in exchange for wins that can come far apart. Big Bass Bonanza is rated high volatility, so single sessions can end very differently. How often the free spins arrive cannot be known in advance.
Choosing a stake sets what each spin costs, from A$0.10 at the lowest to A$250 at the highest. The examples on this page use A$0.20, A$0.50 and A$10, and they are not the limits of the game. The paytable uses A$0.20 as its bet.
Betting with a 96.71% RTP means the game returns that share of stakes over the long run. This slot is listed with one RTP only, and the figure is based on A$100 staked. One session can end far above or below that share.
Picking a Big Bass version comes down to RTP and maximum win. This slot has the highest RTP in the series, but the lowest maximum win. Other versions cap at 5,000 times the bet, and Big Bass Splash 1000 caps at 25,000 times the bet.
Before you stake money, the modes and the paytable on this page show how a round runs. Read the free spins rules here too, and check the symbol values before the first spin.
Players must be 18+ to play. For help in Australia, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1800 858 858, or register for self-exclusion with BetStop.
Set a spending limit for the session before you open the game, and stop when the money is gone.
Decide before the first spin how long you will play and how much you are willing to lose, and keep that stop point even after a win.
Set deposit and loss limits in your account before you start, so the session ends where you planned.
Take a break as soon as the game stops being fun, and self-exclude through BetStop if you find it hard to stop.
Choosing your next game
Read this when you are choosing between titles, before you open a second game in the lobby.
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